Reference: Pit
American
A reservoir, either natural or artificial, for water. Pits were sometimes used as dungeons, Ge 37:20; Jer 38:6; or being slightly covered, and baited, they served as traps to catch wild beasts, a device which illustrates the plots of designing men and women, Ps 119:85; Pr 22:14; 26:27; Eze 19:4. The word pit is also used to denote the grave, Ps 28:1; 30:3,9; and hell, Re 20:1.
See Verses Found in Dictionary
Let us kill him and throw him into a water pit. We can say that some wild animal ate him. Then we will see what happens to those dreams.
([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, I call to you. O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit (grave).
O Jehovah, you brought me up from the grave. You kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.
What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it declare your truth?
The arrogant have dug pits for me. They are not in agreement with your law.
The mouth of the adulterous is a deep pit. The one who is cursed by Jehovah will fall into it.
He who digs a pit will fall in it. He who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
So they took me and let me down by ropes into Prince Malchiah's well, which was in the palace courtyard. There was no water in the well, only mud, and I sank down in it.
The nations heard about him. He was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
I saw an angel come down from heaven. He had the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Easton
a hole in the ground (Ex 21:33-34), a cistern for water (Ge 37:24; Jer 14:3), a vault (Jer 41:9), a grave (Ps 30:3). It is used as a figure for mischief (Ps 9:15), and is the name given to the unseen place of woe (Re 20:1,3). The slime-pits in the vale of Siddim were wells which yielded asphalt (Ge 14:10).
See Verses Found in Dictionary
The Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen (tar) pits. As the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them. The rest fled to the hill country.
If a man opens a pit, or digs a pit and does not cover it over, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, the owner of the pit shall make restitution. He will give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall become his.
The nations have dug a pit and fallen in. They have been caught in their own trap.
O Jehovah, you brought me up from the grave. You kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.
Important people send their assistants out for water. They do not find any water at the cisterns. They return with their containers empty. They cover their heads, because they are ashamed and dishonored.
The cistern where Ishmael threw all the bodies of the men he had killed was the same one that King Asa made as a part of his defense against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, filled it with the bodies.
I saw an angel come down from heaven. He had the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
He hurled him into the bottomless pit, and shut it and sealed it over him. He could not deceive the nations anymore till the thousand years ended. After that he must be let loose for a little while.
Fausets
(1) She'ol, "Hades"; the covered, unseen world. (See HELL.)
(2) Shachath, "sunk and lightly covered [pit]" to entrap animals (Ps 9:16; 35:7); typifying "hopeless doom" (Job 33:18,24,28,30).
(3) Bor, "a pit or cistern once full of water, now empty", with miry clay beneath (Ps 40:2; Zec 9:11); used as dungeon wherein the captive has no water or food; so Jeremiah (Jer 38:6,9), Isa 51:14; hence symbolizing "the dishonored grave of the once haughty transgressor", with the idea of condign [deserved; appropriate] punishment in the unseen world, shadowed forth by the ignominious state of the body (Eze 31:14,16; 32:18,24). (See ABYSS on the "bottomless pit": Re 9:1-2; 20:1-2.)
See Verses Found in Dictionary
It is to preserve him from the pit and keep his life from perishing by the sword.
to be gracious to him and say: 'Spare him from going down to the pit. I have found a ransom for him!'
He redeemed me from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.
He turns him back from the pit that the light of life may shine on him.
Jehovah has revealed himself by his righteous judgments. The wicked are trapped by their deeds.
They hid their net in a pit for no reason. They dug the pit to trap me for no reason.
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet upon a rock and made me stand erect.
The cowering prisoners will soon be set free. They will not die in their dungeon, nor will they lack bread.
So they took me and let me down by ropes into Prince Malchiah's well, which was in the palace courtyard. There was no water in the well, only mud, and I sank down in it.
Your Majesty, what these men have done is wrong. They have put Jeremiah in the well, where he is sure to die of starvation, since there is no more food in the city.
so that all the trees by the waters may not be exalted in their stature, nor set their top among the clouds, nor their well-watered mighty ones stand erect in their height. For they have all been given over to death, to the earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.'
I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I made it go down to the grave with those who go down to the pit. All the well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the earth beneath.
Son of man, cry for the many people of Egypt. Bring them down along with the other mighty nations. Send them down below the earth to be with those who have gone down to the pit.
Elam is there with all its soldiers. The graves of its soldiers are all around it. All of its soldiers are dead. They have been killed in battle. They went down below the earth as godless people. They once terrified people in the land of the living. Now they suffer disgrace with those who have gone down to the pit.
I set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. This is because of the blood of your covenant!
The fifth angel blew his trumpet. I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth. The key of the bottomless pit was given to him. He opened the bottomless pit. Smoke came out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace. The smoke from the pit darkened the sun and the air.
I saw an angel come down from heaven. He had the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He seized the dragon, the old serpent that is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
Hastings
Of the dozen Heb. words, besides two Gr. words in NT, rendered 'pit' in English Version, the following are the most important.
1. The term b
See Verses Found in Dictionary
Let us kill him and throw him into a water pit. We can say that some wild animal ate him. Then we will see what happens to those dreams.
If a man opens a pit, or digs a pit and does not cover it over, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
A spring or a cistern holding water will remain clean. But anyone who touches their dead bodies will be unclean.
The Israelite army realized that they were outnumbered and were going to lose the battle. Some of the Israelite men hid in caves, thickets and rocks. Others hid in tombs or in deep dry pits.
The Israelite army realized that they were outnumbered and were going to lose the battle. Some of the Israelite men hid in caves, thickets and rocks. Others hid in tombs or in deep dry pits.
He has no doubt already found a hiding place in a cave or somewhere else. When people hear that some of your soldiers have been killed, everyone will think your entire army has been destroyed.
They took Absalom's body and threw it into a deep pit in the forest. Then they covered it with a huge pile of stones. All the Israelites fled to their own hometowns.
([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, I call to you. O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit (grave).
Let us swallow them alive and whole just as the grave does, and just as the dead go into the pit.
But you have been brought down to the grave, to the deepest part of the pit.
Terror and traps and snares will be your lot, you people of the earth.
Fear, deep pits, and traps wait for you people of Moab,' says Jehovah.
Fear and deep waters have come on us with devastation and destruction.
The nations heard about him. He was trapped in their pit. They led him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
Then the nations came against him, those from regions round about. They spread their net for him, and he was trapped in their pit.
He who received the one dug a hole in the ground and hid his lord's money.
He taught them with illustrations: A man had a vineyard planted. He built a wall around it. He prepared a place for crushing out the wine and put up a tower. Then he rented it out to field workers, and went into another country.
He said: Which of you who has an ass or a bull that falls into a well, and will not immediately pull him up on a Sabbath day?
The fifth angel blew his trumpet. I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth. The key of the bottomless pit was given to him.
Morish
There are several Hebrew words translated 'pit.' The principal are:
1. sheol, 'the grave, hades, hell.' Nu 16:30,33; Job 17:16.
2. shachath, 'a pit, a pitfall to entrap animals,' place of doom and corruption. Job 33:18,24,28,30; Ps 9:15; 30:9; 35:7; Eze 28:8; etc.
3. bor, beer, 'pit or well dug for water,' but which could be used for a dungeon. Ge 37:20-29; Ps 28:1; 40:2; 88:4,6; Eze 26:20; Zec 9:11; etc. See BOTTOMLESS PIT.
See Verses Found in Dictionary
Let us kill him and throw him into a water pit. We can say that some wild animal ate him. Then we will see what happens to those dreams. Reuben heard this and tried to protect Joseph from them. Let us not kill him, he said. read more. Do not murder him or even harm him. Just throw him into a dry well out here in the desert. Reuben planned to rescue Joseph later and take him back to his father. When Joseph came to his brothers, they pulled off his fancy coat. They put him into a water pit. It had no water in it. As they sat down to eat, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying the materials for cosmetics, medicine, and embalming. They were on their way to take them to Egypt. Judah asked his brothers: What will we gain by killing our brother and covering up his death? Let us sell him to the Ishmaelites. Let us not hurt him, because he is our brother, our own flesh and blood. His brothers agreed. Some of the Midianite traders approached. The brothers pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites. They took him to Egypt. Reuben came back to the pit and found that Joseph was not there. He tore his clothes in sorrow.
But if Jehovah does something totally new, if the ground opens up, swallows them and everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive to their graves; then you will know that these men have treated Jehovah with contempt.
They went down alive to their graves with everything that belonged to them. The ground covered them. They disappeared from the assembly.
Will hope go down with me to the gates of the grave? Will my hope rest with me in the dust?
It is to preserve him from the pit and keep his life from perishing by the sword.
to be gracious to him and say: 'Spare him from going down to the pit. I have found a ransom for him!'
He redeemed me from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.
He turns him back from the pit that the light of life may shine on him.
The nations have dug a pit and fallen in. They have been caught in their own trap.
([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, I call to you. O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit (grave).
What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it declare your truth?
They hid their net in a pit for no reason. They dug the pit to trap me for no reason.
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet upon a rock and made me stand erect.
I am numbered with those who go into the pit. I am like a man without any strength.
You have put me in the bottom of the pit, in deep dark places.
then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit (grave), to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth. It will be like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit (grave), so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living.
They will throw you into a pit. You will die a violent death in the sea.
I set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. This is because of the blood of your covenant!
Smith
Pit.
[HELL]
See Hell